The U.S. Navy announced the future littoral combat ships USS Detroit
(LCS 7) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8) are scheduled to be homeported
at Naval Base San Diego following their commissioning in summer 2016.

The
first of class littoral combat ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), left, and USS
Independence (LCS 2), maneuver together during an exercise off the coast
of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jan Shultis/Released)

The U.S. Navy continually monitors force readiness and ability to provide
the most robust, capable maritime force possible. Stationing the littoral
combat ships in a West Coast port supports the rebalance to the Indo-Asia-Pacific
region, placing our most advanced capabilities and greater capacity in
that vital theater. By 2020, approximately 60 percent of Navy ships and
aircraft will be based in the region.

LCS design characteristics feature shallow drafts, networked sensors,
and various mission packages, enabling them to perform a variety of missions
near shorelines and in the high seas. This fast, agile, focused-mission
platform is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats
found in the littorals such as mines, quiet diesel submarines, and fast
surface craft, as well as being capable of open-ocean operations.